One of the great problems facing the Church is the growth of doctrine which was not part of the revealed faith of the Church.
It is indeed only speculation to delve too much into some of these issues, but the Orthodox church teaches that we pray to Christ, the Father, and the Holy Spirit, and we honor/venerate the Saints, with Mary being the most Holy and honored of the Saints.
In the long run, as an Orthodox priest told me recently, it is best to stay with Holy Scripture. The church canons and Holy Fathers are part of our Tradition in the church, but they are not laws. It is the spirit which is the most essential part of our theology, not the legalistic issues.
This seems to me an abandonment of Holy Tradition, of which Scripture is a part. What all the Fathers taught in their works on a given subject and in the Ecumenical and Local Councils is what our received Holy Orthodox Catholic Faith is.
Homoousion, as a famous example, is not in the Scriptures, and some objected to it on that account. The Church decided otherwise.
One of the great problems facing the Church is the growth of doctrine which was not part of the revealed faith of the Church.
What is the "revealed faith of the Church", and who determines it in Eastern Orthodoxy? Roman Catholicism would say the Bible and Holy Tradition, and it is determined by unaninmous support among the Fathers, and the teaching of the Church.